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Glabrocingulum (Ananias) welleri

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Phanerotrema welleri was named by Newell (1935) [= ? Worthenia tabulata Plummer and Moore 1921, Texas Univ., Bull. 2132, pl. 19, fig. 25. (REF 79328).]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Tyro, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Ananias welleri by Knight (1945); it was recombined as Glabrocingulum (Ananias) welleri by Knight et al. (1960), Hoare (1961), Karapunar and Nützel (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. antiqua, G. gravillense, G. ornatum
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2007-11-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Phanerotrema welleri Newell pp. 348 - 349 figs. pl. 36 f. 3a-g
1945Ananias welleri Knight pp. 573-574
1960Glabrocingulum (Ananias) welleri Knight et al.
1961Glabrocingulum (Ananias) welleri Hoare pp. 155-156 figs. pl. 20 f. 9
2022Glabrocingulum (Ananias) welleri Karapunar and Nützel p. 22 fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusGlabrocingulum
subgenusAnanias
specieswelleri()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Virgilian or 312.80000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Glabrocingulum welleri (70255 70482)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Glabrocingulum welleri (92288 92475)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Glabrocingulum welleri (159901 159902 217916 224954)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Phanerotrema welleri (160136)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Glabrocingulum welleri (224952 224953)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Glabrocingulum welleri (217891 217893 217894 217895 217897 217906 217915 217932 217941 217969 217979 218002 220414 225019)